The discussion revolves around the request for a table of Earth mean temperatures, exploring sources and datasets that may provide this information. Participants discuss various avenues for finding historical temperature data, including online resources and academic literature.
Participants generally agree on the difficulty of finding a comprehensive table of Earth mean temperatures and suggest various sources, but no consensus on a single definitive source is reached.
Some participants express uncertainty about the specific type of temperature data requested (e.g., atmospheric vs. surface temperatures) and the time range of interest.
Individuals interested in climate science, historical temperature data, or data analysis may find this discussion relevant.
Are you serious? Have you heard of Wikipedia?tonyeveland said:Yes. I haven't found it there. I hope this forum can provide it.
Another word for 'mean' is 'average'. I had quite good luck googling 'Earth average temperature' and then clicking on the 'image' button.tonyeveland said:Yes. I haven't found it there. I hope this forum can provide it.
Lots of hits for the below, even with the q intonyeveland said:TL;DR Summary: Does anyone have a table of Earth mean temperatures?
I would like a table of Earth mean temperatures going back as far as available. Where can I find that?
The OP was on the site for 17 minutes. Hopefully googled and took something.johnbbahm said:If you are asking about atmospheric temperatures as measured 2 meters above the ground,
GISS temperature is not a bad one, and goes back to 1880.
The "Global-mean monthly, seasonal, and annual means, 1880-present," can be exported as text of CSV.
Other data sets include HadCrut5, RSS, and BEST.